Honors and Awards
2017 Top Abstracts in Planetary Health, The Lancet. Planetary Health/GeoHealth Annual Meeting.
2012 Career Development Award, Lunar and Planetary Institute.
2011 David A. Johnston Memorial Fellowship for Research Excellence, University of Washington.
Awarded to the most outstanding graduate student in geology
Howard A. Coombs, Harry Wheeler, and Inquisitive Student Fellowships, U. of Washington.
Robert G. and Nadine E. Bassett Graduate Student Research Award, U. of Washington.
Graduate School Fund for Excellence and Innovation Travel Award, U. of Washington.
2010 Best Paper, WHISPERS Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing.
2008 Mars Student Travel Award, 3rd MSL Landing Site Workshop, Monrovia, CA.
UW Departmental Travel Award, AGU Fall Conference, San Francisco, CA.
2005 Estwing Pick Award, University of Southern California.
Awarded for highest GPA and best overall graduating student in department
Honorable mention, Undergraduate Research Symposium University of Southern California.
Title: Using Image Compression to Find the Presence of Life in Ordovician Stromatolites
National Association of Geoscience Teachers Field Camp Scholarship.
2001–2005 Dean’s List, University of Southern California.